Biblical Greek Exercises, Week#3, chapter 3

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1 Biblical Greek Exercises, Week#3, chapter 3 * Make Verb Cards as you were shown in class for all of the verbs listed on Black, p. 23. * Complete this table in pencil based on the table on p.18, bottom. >>>>>NOTE: the verb λύω ( and this is exactly how it will be written in the Greek dictionary, the Lexicon. Thus, it is the Lexical form) upon which this paradigm is based does not occur that frequently in the Bible but is a very standard, regular, and predictable verb. For this reason it is chosen as the paradigm throughout Black and about any other Greek grammar book on the planet. (You will soon see some Greek verbs that are less predictable. Caveat emptor but Matthew 6:34 as well ). Present Future Number Person Greek English Greek English 1 λύ λύ Singular 2 λύ λύ 3 λύ λύ 4 λύ λύ Plural 5 λύ λύ 6 λύ λύ Do you see the pattern of the various endings? Do you see the differences between the Future and the Present? It is one simple letter, the infix σ (sigma). Write over this sigma with a red pen. You can see that a major part of learning Greek is pattern recognition. One must put one s Sherlock Holmes cap and search for clues! 1

2 * Take the paradigms of λύω that you filled in above. Take a clean sheet of notebook paper and make your own paradigms writing out each one yourself. Why? This reinforces what you have just learned by making you look to see if there should be an infix (σ, as with the Greek Future) at then at each suffix (in all the Greek Presents and Futures above). Label your tables Present / Active / Indicative and Future Active / Indicative accordingly. Remember that repetition is the mother of all learning! (And sometimes it can be a mother bear. But stick with it! It is like money in the bank! You can do this stuff!). * Fill in the blanks below. Please use your pencil with an eraser for these translations. Please circle each dark print verb. Parse / translate each highlighted fill in-the-blank verb. (Parse like this: person/number/tense/voice/mood/lexical form 1 st/ singular/ pres / act / indic / εἰμι For λύω, it would be: 1 st/ singular/ pres/ act/ indic/ λύω For λύετε, it would be: 2 nd / plural / pres/ act/ indic/ λύω For λύσουσιν, it would be: 3rd / plural / fut / act/ indic/ λύω Then, from the word-for-word translation that I have given you make it into good, readable, understandable English underneath the word-for-word. (No Yoda!) 2

3 1) καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός σου θεὸς Αβρααμ And He said to him, I the God of the father of you (the) God of Abraham καὶ θεὸς Ισαακ καὶ θεὸς Ιακωβ (<can you sound out these words?) of of Parse εἰμι: (NOTE: There could be a Christmas gift right on this page! ) Jack-a-Claus Could this be it? 2) τί οὐκ ἐσθίεις Parse ἐσθίεις Why? 3) εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ He said to them, Truly to you (pl), before γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί. came to be I. Parse λέγω Parse εἰμι 3

4 4) δὲ βαπτίσει ὑμᾶς ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ. Parse βαπτίσει But you in (the) Spirit Holy. 5) καὶ ἄξω τυφλοὺς ἐν ὁδῷ ᾗ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν blind men in a way that not they knew Parse ἄξω 6) καὶ ἑτοιμάσω τόπον ὑμῖν Parse ἑτοιμάσω a place for you (pl) 7) Οὐκ ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶς γράφω ταῦτα Parse γράφω shaming you (pl) these things ( not in order to shame you ) 8) ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. Parse ἐστε You (pl) the light of the world. 4

5 9) ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ πιστεύομεν But through the grace of the Lord Jesus Parse πιστεύομεν 10) σώσει ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ θανάτου καὶ καλύψει a soul his from death will cover πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν. Parse σώσει a multitude of sins. EXTRA (not required, just for fun): Can you match these appropriately with the above Bible text? 1 Cor 4:14; Isa 42:6; James 5:20; 1 Sam 1:8; Acts 15:11; John 14:3; John 8:58; Exod 3:6; Matt 5:14; Mark EXTRA (not required, just for fun): Translate. Circle the verb. (NOTE: Use Black s Greek-English Vocabulary section on p. 247 for words you don t know). ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. Parse εἰμι NAU Matthew 5:18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Thanks for your hard work. You can do this! 5